IPC Surveillance and Audit Analyst
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bicester, OX26 6HR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9195-25-0351 |
Summary
Support performance reviews, audits and inspections with guidance, provision of information and support on narrative. Contribute to the development of an improvement culture and promoting the importance of achieving performance metrics. Monitor IPC compliance and ensure robust governance across the Trust, reporting to the Infection Prevention & Control Committee and any sub committees. Manage the Trusts completion of mandatory healthcare associated infection surveillance, ensuring its accuracy as well as timeliness of return. Use expert skills to interpret data results from surveillance and identify trends and adverse events. Initiate strategies to review identified clinical and support services practices that require improvements. Manage surveillance data collection, collaborating with clinical colleagues to ensure the accuracy of the submission as well as the development of action plans. Lead on audit and benchmarking initiatives in order to understand and improve effectiveness of patient care including clinical governance and patient safety issues within the infection prevention team. Manage the reporting of Infection Prevention related incidents, ensuring investigations are initiated as required, in accordance with national reporting guidelines. Manage all contact tracing as necessary and disseminate relevant information to specialist teams. Lead and manage the recording and collation of data in an accurate and suitable format, allowing for quick and easy access and periodic reporting as required. Collate and analyse surveillance and other data, including application of advanced medical statistics, for example, regression modelling, population studies etc. Use specialist scientific and analytical knowledge to flag and investigate data anomalies. Manage the collection, recording and reporting of all other data for the Team, using appropriate electronic databases that are robust and compliant with information governance requirements. Be responsible for implementing systems for appropriate data collection. Challenge existing practice by influencing staff to adopt good data management principles. Ensure patient information is accurate and reviewed in accordance with Trust guidelines. Perform ad-hoc statistical analysis to support discussion and presentation at professional collaborative meetings within the Trust and external fora. Ensure the Team benefits from the most up-to-date knowledge with regards to epidemiology and surveillance Use data to influence health policy on infection, both within the Trust and externally Promote good information governance amongst the Infection Prevention team. Lead on the analysis of current demographics relating to public health. Evaluate risks to individuals health and apply knowledge in developing infection prevention and control guidance. Provide information, evidence, and reports for inclusion in Risk, Governance and Board level reports relating to infection prevention and control risk and governance responsibilities, activities and findings. Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed.